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njaard@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Smoke season starts tomorrow

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Smoke season starts tomorrow

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njaard@lemmy.world to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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It was only a matter of time. With a number of moderately-sized wildfires present across the region and no widespread rain in sight, major population centers west of the Cascades have been reliant …
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    I hope the HRRR smoke model is wrong. Here is the 18Z run for Near Surface smoke from today.

    https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke/jsloopUpdated.cgi?dsKeys=hrrr_ncep_jet:&runTime=2023081818&plotName=trc1_SEA-POR_sfc&fcstInc=60&numFcsts=49&model=hrrr&ptitle=HRRR-Smoke Graphics&maxFcstLen=48&fcstStrLen=-1&domain=SEA-POR&adtfn=1&resizePlot=1

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      Oh man, that looks pretty bad…

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        2 years ago

        There’s a huge fire near Spokane and that smoke is going to add to it. Terrible situation over there.

        Gray Fire @ 12000 Block of S Gray Rd, Southwest of Lakeland Village - #GrayFire https://share.watchduty.org/i/10877

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          Holy shit, had no idea. It’s that big after only 6 hours!

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            On satellite it looks like a lot of dead grass and brush. Forward spread in the high winds is going to be tough to get contained.

            https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/wildfire-high-winds-prompt-evacuation-washington-town-medical-lake-rcna100735

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